Recent content by bkaqm6

I've kept mine right at 65F. Its been in for 5 days, already tastes great!

I am going to try and start today using a combination recipe from quite a few of the posts above. My 10 gallon mash tun probably isnt going to be enough, so spliting the grains between the that and my 5 gallon HLT, combining them when I go to sparge. Averaged the additions based on the barrel...

I assume you used the recipe from post #57? Seems like this will be a pretty tight mash in a 10g water cooler mash tun. Any ideas besides doing two seperate mashes? Did you repitch yeast for bottling?

Yes, I used WLP002. I fermented around 69-71 degrees, ill raise the temp and see if that gets me anywhere and probably order the other yeast. Should I re-agitate when pitching?

Not sure if its a problem or not, just wondering what to do next. I made an AHS The Abyss Clone Kit. My SG was 1.132, a little higher than it was supposed to be, but I did a longer boil to try and increase my SG. I pitched two vials of White Labs English Ale yeast. After 6 days of...

Hey guys, I am converting a mini fridge to a kegerator in the near future. I have seen a couple of ways to keep your beer lines cool as they enter the tower. Some have drilled two small holes and ran copper pipe to the tower, some one large hole with copper pipes, and some with a large hole...

What size copper tubing did you use?

So this is my second beer (APA kit), I decided to rack to secondary two weeks ago. Moved it to the counter today to bottle tonight. I have kept it covered with a trash bag to block the light. When I removed the bag, I found a small white ring around the bottom of the carboy, just above the...

Thanks! It sounded as though 2 weeks is quite fast for an IPA.

So I brewed my first batch on Sunday (IPA kit from local brewstore). Woke up Monday morning to see my 6 gallon carboy and airlock overflowing with foam. Switched to a blow-off tube. Yesterday afternoon(Tuesday) fermentation dropped off dramatically. Put an airlock on today, and it bubbles...